News "It's Just Not Working" - FreePlay Arcade Will Close Its Doors Later This Month
"I’ve been really drained and exhausted by the experience and have been mentally battered"
News Fan-Made Remake Of Konami's X-Men Is Now Available For Free
Zvitor does it again
News Phew, This Open Source N64 Expansion Pak Will No Longer Kill Your Console
Update: "I finally was able to publish the fixed files"
News Limited Run And Retro-Bit Under Fire For Using Recycled Chips In Shantae Advance
"The product is built to last"
News You Can Use Your Steam Deck, Smartphone Or Nintendo Switch As A Wii U GamePad Replacement
There's life in the old dog yet
News - May, 2025
Friday30th May 2025
News Kaiju-Themed Shoot 'Em Up 'Gaurodan' Gets An Amazing Free Update For 2025
Originally released in 2013 for Ouya and PC
News This New Game Boy Camera Tool Will Make Managing Your Photos Significantly Easier
"The Swiss knife of GB Camera data management"
News Two Legends Of UK Game Development Team Up For New Spectrum Next & PC Game
UrbX Warriors is a new game from Cannon Fodder & Broken Sword devs
Thursday29th May 2025
News Atari, Which Just Had Its Best Year In Over A Decade, Says New Consoles Are On The Way
"New Hardware projects will expand the Atari 'Plus' platform"
News A Forgotten GBA & DS Gem Is Getting A Revival On Consoles & PC Later This Year
Orbital's 'Scurge: Hive' was first released back in 2006
News Taito Joins The Evercade Range With Two Carts And An 'Alpha' Bartop Arcade
Coming later this year
News The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Is Getting A New Clock Tower-Esque Point-And-Click Adventure
The Bagman' is also coming to PC & modern consoles
News Bitmap Bureau, We Don't Deserve This Adorable Japanese GBA Version Of Xeno Crisis
You cannot beat Japanese packaging
News Remember That Annoyingly Expensive WonderSwan Headphone Adapter? It's Been Cloned
Score a 3.5mm jack without the financial pain
News Never Before Seen Footage Of "Lost" Final Fantasy 'Chocobo Racing' Mini-Game Surfaces Online
Before Crisis was a 2004 cell-phone exclusive prequel to Final Fantasy VII
Watch Evercade Showcase Volume 4 (May 2025) - Live!
Celebrate five years of Evercade
Wednesday28th May 2025
News Fan-Made Remake Of Konami's X-Men Is Now Available For Free
Zvitor does it again
News Nintendo Locking A Screen Filter Behind A Console Upgrade Hasn't Gone Down Well With Everyone
"Everything this company does annoys me now"
"I still get people contacting me about them"
Feature How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game
"Stan's vision of people running at each other is fun but 'unique!'"
News Lightgun Dungeon Is "Dungeon Master x House Of The Dead" From The Designer Of OlliOlli 2
"Was hungover yesterday so I fired up GameMaker"
News Hamster Serves Up Another Ace This Week, With Namco's 'Super World Court'
Coming to Nintendo Switch & PS4
News Celebrate Toaplan's 40th With This Cool Merch From Kumagumi
Complete with new illustrations by Genzoman
Talking Point What Do You Want To See From Tomorrow's Evercade Showcase?
It marks five years of Evercade, so it should we expect something special?
News Punch Robots Into Little Itty Bits In This New 8-Bit Style Action Game, Coming To Kickstarter
'Raw Fists' is a new game from indie developer Joel Strange
News ININ Teases New Mystery Game, But Don't Get Too Excited Shenmue Fans
"Unfortunately it has nothing to do with your favorite game"
Tuesday27th May 2025
News "It's Just Not Working" - FreePlay Arcade Will Close Its Doors Later This Month
"I’ve been really drained and exhausted by the experience and have been mentally battered"
News This Little-Known Evangelion Fighting Game Has Been Preserved
Evangelion The Fighting Impact Rebuild launched on mobile in Japan
News This Rip Curl GBA SP Is Super Rare, And You Now Have The Chance To Own Six Of Them
Factory-sealed retail pack is part of Ewbank's retro gaming auctions
News FromSoftware's Chromehounds Is Back Online After 15 Years
"It's really been a bit of a dream come true"
"Honestly, we were almost doing Mario Kart"
Monday26th May 2025
News Have You Checked On Your Wii U GamePad Battery Recently?
It might be "putting on some weight"
"I can't believe this happened"
News SegaWorld's Restored Sonic Statue Lives On In Sega Europe's New London Office
Company recently moved to a new location in Chiswick Business Park
News A Brand New Game Jam Starts Later This Month With Hopes To "Advance SNES Homebrew"
SNESDEV2025 begins May 31st and will last until September 6th
News The New PC Engine-Themed Radio Station Is The Perfect Soundtrack For Import-Loving Gamers
Radio NECstalgia is now available online
News Irem's Underwater Shmup 'In The Hunt' Could Be Getting A New Fanmade Neo Geo Port
From the developers of 'Double Dragon One'
Friday23rd May 2025
News Outtrigger, Dreamcast's Forgotten FPS, Is Back Online
Get that mouse and keyboard ready
Feature Barcode Battler, The Early '90s Classic That's So Crap, It's Almost Cool
Get ready for some Commerce Conflict
Feature The Making Of Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 3's Iconic James Bond-Style Anthem
"I mentioned I'd worked on Snake Eater, and my three young nephews went wild"
"We didn't finish the experience. But it was a magical thing"
News Nintendo Switch & PC Vertical Shmup 'Blaze Of Storm' Has Just Got Its First Demo On Steam
Blaze Of Storm sees players battling an unknown threat in cyberspace
News Free Warhammer 40k: Boltgun Spin-Off Pays Tribute To Sega's 'Typing Of The Dead' Series
"Every typo could mean the difference between life and death"
Thursday22nd May 2025
News Sonic The Fighters Has Taken A Step Towards Decompilation
"The first functioning 'decomp' of Sonic the Fighters has been pushed to the github repo"
News Eco-Friendly PS1 Import Classic 'Wonder Trek' Gets English Fan Translation
"Now the game can reach a much deserved western audience"
Review Hurt Me Plenty - Charting The Further Evolution Of The FPS
With first-person perspectives included...
News Designer Menswear Brand Luke 1977 Launches Pre-Orders For New Street Fighter Collection
Drops next week online and in stores
News The Upcoming Jeff Minter Doc 'Heart Of Neon' Is Now On Kickstarter
You can now back the project, starting today
News Dig Deep Into This NES Addams Family Game With These 7 Newly Discovered Prototypes
The Addam's Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt was released for the NES in 1993
News Issue One Of The Superb Yokoi Kids Is Now Available Digitally
With a bonus page, to boot
Wednesday21st May 2025
News You Can Use Your Steam Deck, Smartphone Or Nintendo Switch As A Wii U GamePad Replacement
There's life in the old dog yet
Update: The pricing has finally been announced
News Sovietborgs Is A New Top Down Run 'N' Gunner For Mega Drive / Genesis, Dreamcast, & Neo Geo
Update: MS-DOS version and Indiegogo campaign announced
News Sonic Pays Tribute To Classic F1 Collaboration With This New Subaru Rally Livery
Gotta go fast, easy right maybe
"I was literally walking in yelling at the marketing department"
Ryuku (AKA: Solitaire Poker) arrives this Thursday
News Former Silent Hill Producer Recalls Dealing With Death Threats And Toxic Fandom
"It was difficult because it was me being called out"
News A 2008 Bomberman Puzzle Game For Japanese Feature Phones Has Just Been Preserved
'Bomberman Puzzle Special' was released for i-Mode phones
Tuesday20th May 2025
News Phew, This Open Source N64 Expansion Pak Will No Longer Kill Your Console
Update: "I finally was able to publish the fixed files"
News Castlevania Is Getting A Musical, "Awakening Under The Moon"
Update: Overseas tickets now on sale
News OutRun Comes To The Game Boy Color Thanks To This Unofficial Port
Update: "What If OutRun" is now available
News Dawnrazor Is A New Game Boy Color Game With Serious Castlevania Vibes
"Step into the decaying world of Kagenovia"
News Phantasy Star's 3D Dungeons Were Originally So Convincing They Made People Feel Sick
"It was my first time learning about 3D motion sickness"
News The First Rule Of Street Fighter II's Moves? They Had To Make You Laugh
"Joking around and laughing became the rule of the day"
News Earthion Sounds Pretty Amazing, Even Through A $10 Set Of Speakers
Sounds as good as it looks, of course
Monday19th May 2025
News A Game Boy "Hidden Gem" From Jaleco Is Set To Get Its Western Debut Next Month
Fortified Zone 2 (AKA: Ikari no Yōsai 2) is releasing this June
The Making Of Fight Club, The Game David Fincher Didn't Want You To Play
"Vivendi was great at ruining games"
News Watch The Emotional Moment This Legendary Tokyo Arcade Powers Down For The Last Time
Nakano TRF closed its doors for good on May 18th
News Konami's Arcade Game Division Finally Breaks Free From The Company's Pachinko Business
'Bemani' composer Yoshitaka Nishimura will serve as the new subsidiary's president
News The Strong Museum Of Play Faced With a Half-Million-Dollar Shortfall Due To Budget Cuts
"We need your help now more than ever"
Saturday17th May 2025
Feature Japan's Game Preservation Society Is Safe For Now, And It's All Thanks To You
A message from GPS founder Joseph Redon
Friday16th May 2025
News Sonic Wings Reunion Is Heading To Consoles In The West This October
Update: Red Art Games is attached to publish
News "Saturn Is A Lot More Fun" - 1995 Trade Ad Shows Just How Rattled Sega Was About PlayStation
"Sony's got quite a bit of catching up to do"
News Sega Saturn Is Getting A New Fan-Made Dragon Ball Fighter
And it's looking very promising indeed
"I wanted to live in the meme moment, but I didn't get to"
American Oudan Ultra Quiz was released in 1992
News Strictly Limited Games Cancels Physical PS4 Release Of Parasol Stars & Spica Adventure
PS5 and Nintendo Switch releases will now be a 2-pack
Thursday15th May 2025
News Treasure Trove Of Over 200 Undumped GBA, DS, DSi And 3DS Beta Carts Is At Risk
"We're hoping to at least be able to hand pick some carts"
News Fanmade Genesis / Mega Drive 'Metal Gear' Port Sneaks Out Of The Shadows
And you can download it now!
News 8BitMods' Dreamcast 'VMU Pro' Will Cost You £74.99 / $81.23 / €74.99
"The last VMU you'll ever need for your Dreamcast"
Review Indie Heroes Collection 4 (Evercade) - Dig Dug & Bomberman Mash-Up Murtop Is The Highlight
Eleven "modern" retro titles included
We speak to Zork designer Dave Lebling about his most "disappointing" adventure
News A Lost Mobile-Exclusive 'Mana' Game Has Just Been Partially Preserved
The trial version of Friends of Mana has successfully been dumped
Wednesday14th May 2025
News Polymega's Next Module Plays Atari 2600 And 7800 Games
Comes with the Polymega Pro Joystick
News Please Don't Sleep On This Genesis Mecha Cult Classic, Now Available On Switch, PS4 And Xbox
Wolf Team's Final Zone is well worth a look
News Creator Of The Shmup Genre Sees "Bullet Hell" As A "Dead-End"
But he's a big fan of Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga
Feature Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun
"Younger people who want to make games should play really old games"
News You Can Only Hear This Mario 64 Sound If You Leave Your N64 Running For Over A Year
"We have unlocked a secret sound effect no one else has heard before"
News SNK Is Getting A New CEO Following Fatal Fury's Flop
Kenji Matsubara "will transition to an advisory role"
News Creator Of Space Invaders Thinks Video Games Are Made The Wrong Way Today
"We, the game creators, were increasingly expected to listen to the sales team"
John Mulaney will play Trip Hawkins
Tuesday13th May 2025
News Hot On Diddy Kong's Tail, Mario Kart 64 Has Now Been Successfully Decompiled
Update: Actually, it's a "byte for byte" function match
Review ZPF (Mega Drive) - A Wild Fantasy Shmup That Lights Up Sega's 16-Bit System
The 68000's heart really is on fire
News Retro Fighters' PlayStation 'Defender' Controller Just Got An Impressive Upgrade
Update: The Kickstarter for the project is now live
News Mega Man Creator Reunites With Harumi Fujita For New Album 'Rockmama'
Donkey Kong Country composer David Wise is also collaborating on the album
News Legendary Pokémon Artist Mitsuhiro Arita Is Behind Earthion's Soaring Key Art
"Evokes the hand-drawn style of posters that once adorned the walls of game centers"
Monday12th May 2025
News Looks Like Another PS1 Classic Is Coming To Dreamcast
"This is how all great ports start out!"
News Data East's Terrible Mortal Kombat Clone 'Tattoo Assassins' Is Getting Revived
Coming to the exA-Arcadia arcade system
News 30 Years Ago, Sega Took Its Biggest Gamble With Saturn And Failed
"That’s not how you launch a system"
News Maverick's Baghdad Extraction Is A NES Zapper Game That's Been Called "Zelda With Guns"
"Engage in fast-paced shootouts against Saddam’s ruthless elite guards"
News GuliKit's Latest Controller Takes Inspiration From Sega Saturn
Shame it's not available in a six-button option, though
News In A Rare Piece Of Positive Games Media News, Giant Bomb Is Now Independent
"Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them"
News Ape Escape Was Born Because "3D Games Offered Way Too Much Freedom"
"It became very easy for players to lose sight of what they should be doing"
Friday9th May 2025
News Rare's Cancelled N64 Title Dinosaur Planet Is Getting The Recompilation Treatment
Native PC port on the horizon
Feature This Retro Game Store Is So Good It Has Its Own Video Game
"People think it's cute that a retro store has its own retro game"
News You Know That Insanely Rare SpaceWorld 2000 GameCube? It's Now Up For Sale
Was previously listed on eBay for (checks notes) $100,000
Feature Let's Pour One Out For The Dreamcast's Best Controller
(Well, if you like fighting games, at least)
News 2025 World Video Game Hall Of Fame Inductees Are Confirmed, And One Might Surprise You
Everyone's favourite virtual pet makes the cut
Thursday8th May 2025
News There's A New Sega Saturn Emulator On The Block
Ymir is already looking very promising
News Fallout 1 & 2's Source Code Isn't Lost After All
"When I left, I kept EVERYTHING"
News 'From Joysticks To Haptics' Offers A Visual History of Video Game Controllers
New book from Lost in Cult arrives in July
News Dangerous Demolition Mashes Breakout With A Top-Down Shooter, And It's Coming To Game Gear
"Leo, the name that resonates in the world of demolition"
Wednesday7th May 2025
News Yuzo Koshiro's Earthion Confirmed For Switch, PS4, PS5 And Xbox Series X/S
Update: Steam page now live, so get wishlisting!
News Dreamcast's Aero Dancing Series Takes To The Skies Once More, Thanks To Fans
Trio of games is back online
News Capcom Is Keen To Make More Of Its Fighting Games Available On Modern Systems
"We want to offer an environment for you to play them"
"We want to deliver a fantastic fighting game for Lynx fans"
Tuesday6th May 2025
News A Japan-Exclusive Puyo Puyo Dungeon Crawler For Saturn Has Just Received A Fan Translation
Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon was originally released in 1998
News Ex-PlayStation President Claims To Have "Partly Saved" Gran Turismo From Failure
"He gathered around thirty consumers to test the game [...] and they all crashed."
Monday5th May 2025
News You Can Play This Fan-Made Sega Vs. Capcom Crossover Right Now
Update: Beta 2.75 released featuring two new playable characters
News The Most Advanced Killer Instinct Emulator Yet To Launch In Beta This Week
BigInstinct is the work of BigPEmu creator Rich Whitehouse
News New Dungeon Crawler 'Algolemeth' To Feature Soundtrack From Streets Of Rage's Yuzo Koshiro
Coming to Steam later this year
News Apple Arcade Exclusive Amazing Bomberman Being Shut Down Later This Month
The game will no longer be playable from May 29th
Sunday4th May 2025
News Footage Of Taito's Cancelled F-Zero-Style Racer 'Vertexer' Appears Online
Canned shooter Spriggan Powerd also shown off
Saturday3rd May 2025
News Strikers 1945 And Bases Loaded Collections Come To Polymega
Two more physical collections arrive
Friday2nd May 2025
News Limited Run And Retro-Bit Under Fire For Using Recycled Chips In Shantae Advance
"The product is built to last"
News The WavePhoenix Brings Nintendo's Best Controller Back To Life For $5
"I'm hoping WavePhoenix gives a second life to WaveBirds"
News Sega Saturn 'Wuxi' Mod Is A Literal Game-Changer When It Comes To Booting Software
New "disc drive channel switcher" now available
News This Indie Dev Seems Pretty Serious About Making A Spiritual Successor To Ridge Racer
"I want to explore is PS1 aesthetic as a style choice rather than a limitation"
News Trump's Tariffs Are Also Impacting Evercade Stock In The US
But "release plans for our collections and hardware will continue unabated"
Thursday1st May 2025
News Banjo Kazooie Mod 'BK: Nostalgia 64' Is Finally Releasing This Month
Update: A new release date trailer has also been shared
News Fans Are Creating A Remake Of Crash Twinsanity In Unity, With Restored Content
They also seem to be in contact with some of the original developers
Feature The Story Of Ecstatica, The Groundbreaking Survival Horror With Plenty Of Balls
An 18-rated ellipsoid classic
News Space Harrier & OutRun Composer "Retires", But He Isn't Leaving Sega Anytime Soon
Hiroshi Kawaguchi is now entering the second chapter of his Sega career
News Mouse Support Comes To Evercade Alpha, VS And VS-R
Can also be used to mimic paddle controls for some Atari games
News Stylish 16-Bit-Style Shooter 'Blast Rush LS' Explodes Onto Nintendo Switch & Steam This Year
The game is an expanded version of a 2017 iOS title
